Rahul Tripathi hit a six off the penultimate ball as Kolkata Knight Riders overcame a mighty collapse to reach the Indian Premier League final with a thrilling three-wicket win over Delhi Capitals.

Chasing 136, KKR needed 13 off 25 balls but lost six wickets for seven runs to fall from 123-1 to 130-7 in Sharjah.

With six needed and facing Ravichandran Ashwin's hat-trick ball, Tripathi astonishingly cleared the rope to book KKR's place in Friday's final against Chennai Super Kings.

It will be KKR's first final in seven years, having lifted the trophy in 2012 and 2014.

Delhi despair as Chakravarthy shines

After Delhi posted a well below-par 135-5, KKR looked to be in the driving seat with a strong start.

Shikhar Dhawan scored 36 off 39 balls on a seemingly tricky surface for Delhi, with leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy - who has conceded less than seven runs per over in KKR's last nine games - impressive.

Dhawan - the third-highest run-scorer in this year's competition - scored less than a run a ball, indicating how difficult the Delhi batters found the conditions.

Marcus Stoinis managed 18 off 23 and big-hitting captain Rishabh Pant scored just six. Shreyas Iyer (30 off 27) hit 15 off the final over, though, to ensure Delhi at least posted a competitive total.

Iyer impressive yet again

Venkatesh Iyer hit four boundaries and three sixes to reach his third IPL half-century

KKR's recent form and march to the final can be credited to economical bowling and top-order runs.

Once again, Venkatesh Iyer - no relation to Shreyas - countered the idea of Sharjah being a batter-friendly wicket.

From launching Axar Patel out of the ground to delightfully whipping Avesh Khan through mid-wicket, Venkatesh showcased both powerful hitting and traditional cricketing shots.

He was brought in for his IPL debut once the tournament resumed in the UAE and has gone on to score 320 runs at an average of 40 and strike-rate of 125.0.

Venkatesh was assisted by fellow opener Shubman Gill (46 off 46) in the chase, with KKR seemingly cruising towards victory.

Dramatic collapse for Morgan's men

Even when Venkatesh was caught in the deep off the bowling of Kagiso Rabada, KKR looked to be well set with just 40 needed off 46 balls.

But when Nitish Rana (13 off 12) fell to Anrich Nortje, it sparked one of the most incredible collapses in the history of franchise cricket.

Gill was dismissed by Avesh Khan before Dinesh Karthik was bowled by Rabada and England's limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan by Nortje, both of them falling for a duck.

With seven needed off the final over, spinner Ashwin took the wickets of Shakib Al Hasan and Sunil Narine, who also remarkably went without scoring.

Out of nowhere, Delhi could sense victory as slumped KKR faces in the dugouts looked on.

But Tripathi, who had not found the boundary from his first 10 deliveries, smashed it back past the bowler's head to end the game in the most dramatic fashion.

In a calm post-match interview, KKR skipper Morgan said: "Six off two, the odds were probably in favour of the bowling side, but Rahul Tripathi has done superbly well for us."

The cricketing world, meanwhile, was much more animated in their reaction...

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KKR's fine form, Delhi's IPL trophy quest continues

When the tournament was suspended in May after a surge in coronavirus cases in India, KKR had registered two wins from seven games and were second from bottom.

They have now won seven out of nine games since the delayed tournament resumed in the Emirates.

Having taken the fourth play-off spot, they beat Royal Challengers Bangalore in the first qualifier and head to the final now looking to complete a remarkable comeback and lift their third IPL trophy.

Despite the fighting spirit shown at the end, for Delhi - who have never won the IPL - it marked a disappointing end to what had been a brilliant campaign.

Last season's runners-up topped the group stage and had two opportunities to reach the final, but followed up a loss to Chennai on Sunday with this thrilling, but heartbreaking outcome.

Kenyan world record holder Agnes Tirop has been found stabbed to death at her home in the western town of Iten, with police treating her husband as a suspect.

The two-time World Athletics Championships bronze medallist, who finished fourth in the Olympic 5,000m final two months ago, was 25.

Last month, Tirop set the world record for a women's only 10km road race in Germany.

A criminal investigation is now underway into her death, with police saying her husband has gone missing.

On Wednesday, crime scene investigators were at the house of Tirop, who police say was reported missing by her father on Tuesday night.

"When [police] got in the house, they found Tirop on the bed and there was a pool of blood on the floor," Tom Makori, head of police for the area, said.

"They saw she had been stabbed in the neck, which led us to believe it was a knife wound, and we believe that is what caused her death.

"Her husband is still at large, and preliminary investigations tell us her husband is a suspect because he cannot be found. Police are trying to find her husband so he can explain what happened to Tirop."

Makori added that police believe that CCTV in the house may be able to help with their investigation.

Tirop was also found dead with a stab wound to her stomach, sources have told the BBC.

"Athletics Kenya are distraught to learn about the untimely death of World 10,000m bronze medallist Agnes Tirop," the country's athletics body said in a statement.

"We are still working to unearth more details surrounding her demise. Kenya has lost a jewel who was one of the fastest-rising athletics giants on the international stage, thanks to her eye-catching performances on the track."

Tirop's ascent to global success

Tirop's first taste of international success saw her win the world junior 5,000m bronze in 2012 and 2014, as well as a world junior cross country silver in 2013.

Two years later, during a rapid ascent, she won the senior World Cross Country championships in China, becoming the second-youngest woman after Zola Budd to claim gold.

At the 2020 Olympic Games in August, Tirop finished just outside the medal places for the women's 5,000m, trailing Ethiopia's bronze medallist Gudaf Tsegay by 0.75 seconds.

"It is unsettling, utterly unfortunate and very sad that we've lost a young and promising athlete who, at a young age of 25 years, had brought our country so much glory," Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta said.

"It is even more painful that Agnes, a Kenyan hero by all measures, painfully lost her young life through a criminal act perpetuated by selfish and cowardly people."

"I urge our law enforcement agencies to track down and apprehend the criminals responsible for the killing of Agnes so that they can face the full force of the law," the head of state added.

'A terrible blow to entire athletics community'

As well as her 10,000m bronze medals at both the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships, Tirop also impressed off the track.

In September, she set a time of 30 minutes and one second in Herzogenaurach, Germany, as she took 28 seconds off the old 10km road race record set in 2002.

Former double Olympic champion and World Athletics president Sebastian Coe led tributes from the sport, describing Tirop as "one of the world's best female distance runners over the past six years".

He added: "Athletics has lost one of its brightest young stars in the most tragic circumstances. This is a terrible blow to the entire athletics community, but especially to her family, her friends and Athletics Kenya and I send them all our most heartfelt condolences."

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach called her "a young and bright talent," who "gave hope and inspiration to so many people," while the athlete's sponsor Adidas said Tirop's "legacy will forever live on in our memory".

Michel Boeting, who has acted as a sports agent for many of Kenya's leading runners, tweeted: "We will never again see that majestic running style. We will never again see you raising your arms in celebration.

"But the worst is we will never see your beautiful smile again. You were Royal. It was a pleasure knowing you."

In the centre of a small east London park, just a stone's throw from Leyton Orient's stadium, is a statue of a man with arms outstretched, his left foot raised delicately on tiptoes.

The football at his boots makes his profession clear, but the posture could be that of a dancer - perhaps even a trapeze artist.

Balletic is one word frequently used to describe Laurie Cunningham, an electric winger who glided effortlessly across the boggy pitches of the 1970s, swaying past defenders with poise and purpose.

Cunningham was the first Briton to join Real Madrid, and one of the very first black players to represent England. He was often subjected to racist abuse.

Those who recall seeing him play talk with a whispered air about greatness. Spain's former manager Vincente del Bosque, Cunningham's team-mate at Madrid, described him as "the Cristiano Ronaldo of his era".

And yet he might have achieved so much more.

Cunningham was an other-worldly talent whose brilliance was checked by injuries and bad luck. He was a pioneer for black footballers who rarely saw himself as a role model. He was a man who moved in extraordinary ways, whose life was sadly cut short by a tragic accident.

Raised in north London by Jamaica-born parents, Cunningham is often described as being quiet and introverted off the pitch, in contrast to his flamboyant footballing style and love of dancing.

After joining youth side Highgate North Hill in 1968, he quickly established himself as a tremendous talent, but also a boy of grit who could take the agricultural challenges slung his way.

Arsenal showed interest and Cunningham was given a trial, followed by a schoolboy contract in 1970. But the Gunners played a rigid 'give and go' style that left little room for Cunningham's buccaneering gallops. It had just won them the double. He was released in 1972 with the note: 'Not the right material.'

Cunningham's prospects hung in the balance. He was picked up by Leyton Orient - then in the second tier, and known just as Orient. His debut came, at the age of 18, on 3 August 1974 in a pre-season friendly against West Ham.

"We lost the game 1-0," recalls one Orient fan, "but he just ran and ran and ran, dribbling all over Upton Park. He was already a phenomenon."

Cunningham stood out off the pitch too; he was a lover of dancing, fashion, painting, architecture and wine. Much of his time away from the game was spent on the dance floor, honing carefully choreographed moves in venues such as Crackers and the Tottenham Royal multiple times a week.

He was a man who moved at his own speed, which could range from the lackadaisical - he was frequently fined by Orient for being late - to the turbo-charged. It was rumoured he'd pay the fines with prize money from dancing contests.

Three years with Orient yielded 75 appearances, 15 goals and a transfer to West Bromwich Albion. There, his talent shone like never before - in often appalling circumstances.

Another photo from Orient in 1975 - Cunningham dressed to impress

If racism in football still rears its ugly head today, it's incomparable to what was seen in British stadiums in the 1970s. Bananas, coins and even ball-bearings were hurled at those with black skin. They were regular targets of verbal and physical abuse. In the vast majority of cases, it went entirely unpunished.

Brendon Batson, Cunningham's team-mate at WBA, explained how the National Front would be waiting for them at away games, where they'd arrive with no security and would be spat on.

Cunningham was regularly the best player on the pitch, a fact that would enrage the abusers even further. He played his game, often slaloming through half the opposing team before bursting the net.

"Defenders like myself were really just there to kick people mostly," says Viv Anderson, who in 1978 became the first black player to win a senior England cap. "The flair players, like Laurie, got the most stick."

On 27 April 1977, Cunningham pulled on the white shirt of England himself, in an Under-21s friendly against Scotland at Bramall Lane - a game won 1-0 thanks to his goal. He'd go on to play six times for the senior England side.

But his real breakthrough season came in 1978-79, alongside Batson and Cyrille Regis in a scintillating Baggies team that only fell away from title contention in the final weeks of the season to finish third.

This was not the first time three black players had played together in British football, but Batson, Cunningham and Regis were the first to regularly do so. They became known as 'the Three Degrees' - a term coined by manager Ron Atkinson in reference to the popular American soul group.

The seventh edition of Australia's Women's Big Bash gets under way on Thursday and four up-and-coming England hopefuls will make their debuts in the Twenty20 tournament.

Each will be looking to put themselves into contention for this winter's Ashes against Australia and March's 50-over World Cup in New Zealand.

Batter Maia Bouchier, who made her full England debut in September's T20 series against New Zealand, will play for Melbourne Stars, alongside left-arm spinner Linsey Smith, who made nine T20 international appearances for England between 2018 and 2019.

Top-order batter Eve Jones, who was voted the Professional Cricketers' Association's female player of the year and has been touted as the next batter in line to play for England, will turn out for Melbourne Renegades, while uncapped pace bowler Issy Wong has signed for defending champions Sydney Thunder.

Captain Heather Knight and fellow England regulars Nat Sciver, Katherine Brunt, Tammy Beaumont, Amy Jones and Sarah Glenn have all opted out of this year's tournament, having played last year.

Eight India players are also set to be involved, with regulars Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana - both playing for new franchises - joined by Shafali Verma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Poonam Yadav, Deepti Sharma, Radha Yadav and Richa Ghosh.

New Zealand skipper Sophie Devine, South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk and Sri Lanka's T20 leader Chamari Athapaththu are also set to feature.

All of Australia's key players have remained at their franchises with captain Meg Lanning leading Melbourne Stars, while Ellyse Perry and Alyssa Healy will again play for Sydney Sixers.

All-rounder Sophie Molineux will captain Melbourne Renegades for the first time, after Amy Satterthwaite opted not to return.

The tournament, which runs from 14 October to 27 November, will start in Tasmania for the first 20 games, before spreading out to Perth, Adelaide and Queensland as it progresses.

Commentary on selected games - more than 30 during the initial group stage, including Thursday's opening game between Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars - will be available on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sounds, and the BBC Sport website and app via ABC Grandstand.

In a new interview with Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse Pictures, he revealed that the scripts for Bryan Fuller's remake of the classic horror flick Christine have been completed. The novel on which it was based was written by literary legend Stephen King. Christine tells the terrifying tale of a high school student and his murderous car. Like many of King's works, Christine was adapted to the screen in 1983 with Halloween's John Carpenter directing. Nearly 40 years after the book's release, it was announced earlier this year that Fuller, writer of Hannibal, would be revving Christine back up alongside Sony Pictures and Blumhouse.

It's been a big year for Blum. His recent collaboration with Amazon Prime Video, Welcome to the Blumhouse, has been successful. The anthology series consists of four original horror-thriller movies focused on underrepresented groups of people, and also gave amateur filmmakers a first shot at directing. Currently, the first four films, released in October 2020, are available for streaming on Amazon. Welcome to the Blumhouse Part II arrived on the streaming service earlier this month, with Bingo Hell and Black As Night debuting on October 1st, and Madres and The Manor on October 8th.

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While speaking with Collider, Blum revealed that the script for Fuller's Christine is finished. Blum described the script as "terrific," and added that while there's no confirmed start date for filming on Christine, he's optimistic that production could start as early as next year. Blum's full statement can be read below:

"We actually recently got a script, which was terrific. We're going to try and make it into a movie. That's my plan."

Fuller's portfolio is certainly expansive, with projects ranging from sci-fi to serial killers. Pushing Daisies was Fuller's first big break as a writer, but the comedy show was canceled after a short two seasons. The writer/director is perhaps best known for Hannibal, which shocked audiences with its gory tales of the infamous killer Hannibal Lecter throughout its three-season run on NBC. After the show was canceled in 2015, Fuller turned his sights towards space, briefly joining the Star Trek: Discovery team as its showrunner. But despite his success writing for TV, Fuller's take on King's high school horror classic, Carrie, received less-than-favorable reviews upon its release in 2002. Perhaps Fuller's Christine will give him a second chance to prove himself capable of adapting stories from the Stephan King literary universe.

There's no set release date for Fuller's Christine revival yet, but there are many upcoming Blumhouse projects to check out in the meantime. Blum is producing the highly-anticipated slasher film Halloween Kills, which arrives in theaters and on Peacock starting October 15th. Pre-production for other projects like Wolfman and even a Five Nights at Freddy's movie is underway, with two or three other films also in talks at Blumhouse. So while Christine might be years away from premiering, fans certainly have plenty of horror flicks to float them through this Halloween season.

Producer Nate Moore reveals Eternals will cover 7,000 years of human history and be set in two timelines during Screen Rant's visit to the set of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe installment. The new film in Phase Four of the MCU introduces the titular alien race created by the Celestials as they arrive on Earth tasked with protecting humanity from their evil counterparts known as the Deviants. The Eternals must reunite following the events of Avengers: Endgame as the Deviants suddenly begin to reemerge around the world and pose a new threat to humanity.

Eternals is led by an ensemble cast including Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Lia McHugh, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Harish Patel, Kit Harrington and Salma Hayek. The new MCU film is being co-written and directed by Nomadland Oscar winner Chloé Zhao with Patrick Burleigh and Ryan & Kaz Firpo. With Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings proving a box office success for the studio, Marvel is bringing Eternals exclusively to theaters in November.

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Screen Rant got the opportunity to visit the set of Eternals on its final day of filming in January 2020 and speak with produce Nate Moore about the film's multiple-era story. Moore revealed the film will cover 7,000 years of human history and will be set in two separate timelines akin to The Godfather Part II to explore the titular group's origins of being created by the Celestials and coming to Earth from the alien planet of Olympia. The past timeline of the film will see the Eternals slowly eradicating the evil Deviant race over the years, though also finding their relationships impacted and slowly separate.

In Eternals, the Deviants are being portrayed as a race of "parasitic aliens that go from planet to planet, and as they kill the apex predators of the planet, they take the characteristics of those predators and wipe out intelligent life." After having seemingly defeated them and parting ways with one another, the present day timeline will see Sersi and Sprite still living with one another in London and being surprised by the arrival of a Deviant, the first in 5,000 years, that has evolved from its original form. This will spark the two's desire to reunite the titular group to fight back against the Deviants.

The decision to tell the story of Eternals in a dual-timeline nature is an intriguing evolution in the storytelling formula of the MCU. Though plenty of films in the MCU have utilized flashbacks for their stories, very rarely has a film has actually elected to directly split the plot down the middle for its past and present in a similar vein to Francis Ford Coppola's mafia classic. This new style for the film's storytelling also falls in line with Marvel having reportedly given Zhao plenty of creative freedom in re-writing and directing the MCU chapter.

Additionally, it's interesting to note that Moore reveals Eternals will feature a more basic version of the Deviants as well as an evolved one. Trailers for the MCU film have primarily teased two different forms of the Deviants, with Moore's note seemingly confirming which ones belong to which timelines in the story. Only time will tell the level of danger the Deviants bring to humanity and how the group begins to fracture in the past when Eternals hits theaters on November 5.

According to a producer, Marvel's Eternals will be visiting more planets than just Earth. Eternals, which is set to open in theaters on November 5, is the third film in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film was directed by Academy Award winner Chloé Zhao and stars Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Angelina Jolie, Kumail Nanjiani, Brian Tyree Henry, and Dong-seok Ma.

The Eternals are a race of immortal superpowered beings who were created by the Celestials along with the monstrous creatures known as Deviants. They have spent 7,000 years on Earth helping guide humanity throughout history, defending them from the Deviants along the way. Unfortunately, the events of Avengers: Endgame have caused a cataclysmic event that is about to release a new horde of Deviants upon the world. Although they have been separated for quite some time, the team has seven days to reunite and prepare to defend the world once again.

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During Screen Rant's visit on the set of Eternals along with a group of reporters, producer Nate Moore revealed that even though Earth has been the Eternals' home for millennia, it's not the only planet that will be visited in the movie. He was coy with the details, but he did hint that "we do get to see some other places." As for never-before-seen Earthbound locations, he also mentioned that "we may see glimpses [of Olympia]" although "we won't spend a ton of time there." Read the full quote below:

The film doesn't necessarily take place always on Earth, so we do get to see some other places which I think is really fun.

We may see glimpses [of Olympia] but we won't spend a ton of time there.

In the comics, Olympia is the city from which the Eternals originate, originally known as Titanos. Although the mountaintop city has been depicted in Antarctica in certain previous comics, it is usually located in Greece in a secret location near Mount Olympus. Moore was withholding on details about what planets other than Earth might be included, but a major event in previous Eternals comics involves the exile of a certain faction to Uranus, so that planet may be in the cards.

Even if Eternals depicts places other than the planet Earth, it is as yet unclear whether or not this will be in flashbacks or in the current timeline. If the scenes are in flashback, they may depict other worlds that the Celestials have visited before seeding Earth with Eternals and Deviants, who are both results of their experiments on humankind. If the Eternals leave Earth during the main timeline of the movie, it's possible that the film may feature cameos from the more spacefaring side of the Marvel Universe, including the worlds of Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, or Captain Marvel. Either way, it is likely to be an interesting expansion to the universe overall.

Evangeline Lilly reveals Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is more than halfway finished with filming. Officially announced in late 2019, the new Ant-Man and the Wasp movie will be the third MCU project focusing exclusively on Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Lilly). Peyton Reed has once again returned to direct, and the movie itself is currently scheduled for release in February 2023. As Ant-Man 3 is still a long ways off, little is known about the plot. However, based on the title, it seems likely the movie will continue to explore the Quantum Realm after it played a vital part in the previous Ant-Man and in Avengers: Endgame.

Though the plot remains tightly under wraps, there are some major cast additions for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania that can shed some light on what's in store. For one thing, the role of Cassie Lang has been recast; The Society's Kathryn Newton will take over as the teenage Cassie, which seems to hint she'll be coming into her own superpowers as Stature at some point. Additionally, Jonathan Majors is set to finally make his proper debut as supervillain Kang the Conqueror. He recently appeared in the season 1 finale of Loki, though he was playing a Kang variant known as He Who Remains.

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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania first began filming this past summer, and it's made quite a lot of progress since then. In a recent interview with THR, Lilly confirmed that production is "a little over halfway through." With that in mind, it seems likely that Ant-Man 3 will wrap in the early months of 2022, a finish date that makes perfect sense when considering its 2023 release window. It doesn't look like the movie has dealt with any COVID-related shutdowns either, which is a relief.

Lilly recently praised the Ant-Man 3 script, calling it the best one yet in the mini-franchise. In the same interview where she gave the production update, Lilly described a "eureka moment" she had while reading it, as it finally helped her understand Hope in a way she never had before. Going into Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Hope will have just been revived along with half the universe after being snapped away by Thanos, and she'll have both of her parents (played by Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer) by her side for the first time in a long while.

What that means for her arc remains to be seen, but it sounds like it'll be a good one. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has had a predictably secretive production, in that not many set photos have emerged for fans to speculate over. That just makes the movie as a whole more intriguing, and with filming likely wrapping a few months from now, hopefully more updates will emerge soon

A new video that juxtaposes the original Home Alone with Disney's upcoming Home Sweet Home Alone trailer shows how similar the two films are. After four sequels to the 1990 blockbuster Chris Columbus film, the Home Alone franchise seemed to have done everything it could with the concept of a lone child defending himself and his house from intruders. As a result, Disney appears to have gone back to basics with Home Sweet Home Alone.

After finding success with the first Home Alone, Columbus returned with another John Hughes script, 1992's Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. The sequel would be the final time that Columbus directed a Home Alone film, just as it would mark the last collaboration between Columbus, Hughes, and Macaulay Culkin. For fans, Home Alone 2 was plenty of fun, and despite its apparent similarities to the first film, some felt that overall, it was the superior of the two. However, once more films were made without Culkin or the loveable Wet Bandits – memorably portrayed by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern – the franchise felt understandably different, prompting some to limit their acknowledgment of it to just the first and second films. Now, over 30 years since the first Home Alone arrived, Disney is mere weeks away from delivering what's meant to be a new take on the concept.

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With the first trailer for Home Sweet Home Alone recently released, fans have been able to get their first glimpse at what the new film offers. And while the trailer does a decent job of introducing the film's cast of characters and plot, a persistent criticism so far has been that Home Sweet Home Alone is basically just Home Alone. So strong is this opinion that Consequence has taken to their official YouTube channel to deliver a comparison video that places the original Home Alone next to the new trailer for Home Sweet Home Alone. The result makes for a solid defense of the argument that the two films are nearly identical:

Long before a trailer was released and fans were left to guess as to what sort of angle Disney would take on a new Home Alone entry, it's fair to say that few people suspected little more than a direct reboot. But so far, that appears to be what SNL alums Mikey Day and Streeter Seidell have delivered with their Home Sweet Home Alone script. Understandably, Disney aims to reach a new generation of potential fans with this latest film, which stars Jojo Rabbit lead Archie Yates in the role of Max (aka Kevin McCallister), alongside Ellie Kemper, Rob Delaney, Aisling Bea, Timothy Simmons, and Ally Maki. However, the similarities between the first film and Home Sweet Home Alone feel particularly pronounced once the two films are placed side by side.

After five Home Alone films, it's understandable that most of the story possibilities for a child being left behind by his parents have been covered. What's more, regardless of one's opinion of the sequels that arrived post Home Alone 2, all three films supplied some twist on the original concept. But with Home Sweet Home Alone, there's no indication that much more than the characters' names have been changed. Disney appears to have redelivered the seasonal classic, and the likelihood that it can capture or surpass what made that first film so magical feels highly improbable.

A new vinyl version of Hans Zimmer’s Dune soundtrack, ‘THE DUNE SKETCHBOOK: Music from the Soundtrack," is now on sale. Alongside the upcoming musical release are 3 new posters for the film, each with its own distinct style. Dune is yet to be released in some of the world’s biggest markets, but has still managed to amass well over $100 million at the box office, making the greenlighting of the Dune sequel increasingly likely.

While the film has been negatively reviewed by some critics, its currently one of the most highly rated releases of this year, and the film’s soundtrack, composed by Zimmer, has come in for particular praise. Zimmer turned down the chance to compose the score for Christopher Nolan’s Tenet to instead score Dune, despite his history working with Nolan. Zimmer has stated that his decision was informed by his love for the Dune books, and that to score a film adaption of Frank Herbert’s novel had been a lifelong ambition.

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Now, "THE DUNE SKETCHBOOK: Music from the Soundtrack" vinyl from Mondo is available for purchase. The new posters will be available for order tomorrow, October 14. "THE DUNE SKETCHBOOK: Music from the Soundtrack" is Zimmer’s preferred version of the music for the film, and contains expanded cuts of the tracks used in the soundtrack. Despite having only nine tracks, the vinyl comes in at a total 100 minutes and is spread over 3 vinyl records. Each of the 3 records represents a different planet from the Dune series: Caldan, Arrakis, and Geidi Prime. The posters each have a unique style and provide their own glimpse into the film. Take a look at the vinyls and posters below:

The first of the posters depicts Paul Atreides in a stillsuit shading his eyes with a crysknife. The second shows a Fremen stood before a giant sandworm with two planets as the backdrop. The third poster shows a group of Fremen traversing the desert across red sand. The Dune series has amassed an international following since it was first published in 1965, and fans will be keen to get their hands on some new and visually striking art as well as the vinyl album.

While Zimmer’s soundtrack for the film has been roundly praised, the composer hasn’t yet confirmed if he would return for the film’s sequel, if it is greenlit. Further, whether or not he will contribute to the score for the spin-off TV series, Dune: The Sisterhood, is also question, though the series is still in the early stages of its development. However, it is likely that Zimmer will return for one or the other given that Dune was one of the works he dreamed of scoring, and he would probably be more than willing to continue working on it. Regardless of whether he returns, the soundtrack for Dune stands among Zimmer’s greatest achievements.

David Gordon Green, director of the ongoing Halloween trilogy, revealed that Halloween Ends will take place in the present following a post-Halloween Kills time jump, with the film set to acknowledge the COVID-19 pandemic and other current events. Beginning with the simply titled Halloween in 2018, Green’s trilogy serves as a direct sequel to filmmaker and composer John Carpenter’s 1978 classic slasher, Halloween. The updated films follow an older but still post-traumatic Laurie Strode as she faces off against Michael Myers. The second installment of the series, Halloween Kills, hits theaters on October 15.

Jamie Lee Curtis returns to lead the cast of Halloween Kills alongside Andi Matichak, Judy Greer, Charles Cyphers, Will Patton, Nancy Stephens, Dylan Arnold and Omar Dersey. Kyle Richards is reprising her 1978 role as Lindsey Wallace, with Anthony Michael Hall joining to play Tommy Doyle. Which cast members return for Halloween Ends depends on how exactly the second installment transpires, and who survives the showdown between Michael and the people of Haddonfield, Illinois.

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Per Uproxx, Green confirms that there will be a multi-year break in the action between Halloween Kills and Halloween Ends, giving the Haddonfield townspeople a much needed respite. The first film in the installment takes place on Halloween in 2018, with Kills set to pick up right where part one left off: Michael escaping Laurie’s fiery trap. After two films set on the same night in 2018, Ends will lurch ahead to present day, when Michael is presumably still wreaking havoc in Haddonfield. In addition to dealing with the crazed killer, Laurie and company will have to confront the struggles of a pandemic-stricken world. As Green says, the characters will be juggling multiple traumas. Read the director’s full quote below:

“So if you think about it, I mean, where we’re leaving these characters on Halloween 2018, the world is a different place. So not only do they have their immediate world affected by that trauma, having time to process that trauma – and that’s a specific and immediate traumatic event in the community of Haddonfield. But then they also had a worldwide pandemic and peculiar politics and another million things that turned their world upside down.”

Green had previously hinted at the prospect of a Halloween Ends time jump, indicating that the franchise would “take a beat” before resuming the narrative. Should the film’s scheduling go to plan, that would place the events of part three in October 2022, just in time for Michael’s favorite holiday. Green and his co-writers Danny McBride, Chris Bernier, and Paul Brad Logan have officially ironed out the plot’s final details, having just completed the Halloween Ends script.

There are a number of television series and other productions that are beginning to exist within this new pandemic reality, but Halloween Ends promises to be among the first horror films to do so. The sci-fi thriller film, Songbird, tackled the pandemic in 2020, with writer/director Adam Mason opting to set his film in 2024 amid the scourge of supervirus COVID-23. Critics panned the film, calling it a work of crass fear-mongering. While it’s unclear just how much COVID will factor in to Halloween Ends, hopefully Green and his team will address the pandemic more tactfully than other cruder attempts. Perhaps when Halloween Ends premieres in 2022, Michael won’t be the only face behind a mask

Paul Rudd praises his Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumia co-star Jonathan Majors in his role as Kang the Conqueror. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is the third entry in the Ant-Man franchise and sees director Peyton Reed return with a script by Rick and Morty writer Jeff Loveness. Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly reprise their role as Scott Lang/Ant-Man and Hope van Dyne/Wasp and will be joined by Jonathan Majors as the lead villain, the time-traveling Kang the Conqueror.

Majors was riding a wave of critical success in films like Da 5 Bloods and The Last Black Man in San Francisco, as well as the HBO series, Lovecraft Country, when he was cast as Kang in September 2020. While Kang the Conqueror will appear as the main villain in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, audiences have already met a variant of the character in the season finale of Loki named He Who Remains, also played by Majors. Kang is being set up as the next Thanos level threat for the MCU, one that could appear in future films and television series.

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In an interview with Variety, while promoting Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Paul Rudd praised Majors' role as Kang in the third Ant-Man film. Rudd says he has been a fan of other Jonathan Majors performances and is excited for what he is bringing to Kang. Rudd also says that he enjoys bringing new performers into the franchise as their enthusiasm is palpable, referring to both Majors and likely newcomer Kathryn Newton, who is taking over the role of Cassie Lang from Abby Ryder Forston in the previous two Ant-Man films, and Emma Fuhrmann in Avengers: Endgame. Read what Rudd said below:

“I’ve loved everything he’s done, and I see what he’s doing in this, and I’m knocked out by it. It is really fun to bring new people into the fold, and the enthusiasm that people have is palpable.”

Principal photography on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania began on July 26, 2021, which was two weeks after the season finale of Loki aired on Disney+. Majors was cast as a collaborative effort between Peyton Reed and Loki director Kate Herron. He Who Remains (who draws inspiration from the comic book character Immortus) teased how much more dangerous his other variants are, hinting to audiences that the performance Major will give as Kang the Conqueror will be far different and likely more menacing than what audiences saw in Loki.

Kang the Conqueror is set to have major ramifications on the MCU going forward after Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. With various Young Avengers appearing across the films and television series, and being that a younger variant of Kang joins the team as Iron Lad, it is likely that the team will assemble. The MCU could also explore other Kang variants like the Scarlet Centurion or Rama-Tut who has ties to the X-Men villain Apocalypse. It is likely that Majors will be in the MCU for a long time to come as more characters than just Kang the Conqueror.

The director of the latest James Bond film No Time To Die, Cary Joji Fukunaga, has compared the long-running 007 franchise to The Simpsons. The latest in a long line of directors to helm the franchise which has hit cinema screens consistently for almost 60 years, Fukunaga rose to fame in Hollywood when he helmed the first season of the hit anthology crime show, True Detective. The season earned two Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Directing. While his feature film efforts, Jane Eyre and Beasts Of No Nation, were relatively small in scale and produced on modest budgets, the movies earned him a significant status.

When Danny Boyle left the 25th Bond film in pre-production, Fukunaga was a surprise choice to replace the prestigious and experienced British director. No Time To Die has been praised for its new, emotional approach to the often-worn and cliched Bond series. The film is a swan-song to Daniel Craig’s fifteen year reign as the infamous secret agent, and critics are mostly happy with Fukunaga’s direction and its bold, risk-taking finale.

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In an interview with The AV Club, Fukunaga compared the Bond films to the pop-culture staple, The Simpsons. In particular, Fukunaga compared how the villains and plot lines of the 007 epics have often predicted and predated world events in a similar way to how The Simpsons has been known to. The director goes on to say that the franchise forms a timeline of happenings and themes that were reflected in the real world over time. Read what Fukunaga said below:

“It’s funny, if you go back and look at some of the the villains and their plots to see how they’ve played out differently over time, it’s almost like The Simpsons, when The Simpsons predicts things in the future. I feel like you can go back into some of the Bond films and kind of pinpoint things that we ended up seeing actually happening.”

In recent years, The Simpsons has become widely discussed for its eerie ability to predict real world events, be it predicting President Trump, foreseeing the global pandemic, or even supposedly emulating world disasters before they happened. Though the creators of The Simpsons play down and negate any accusations of supernatural abilities, The Simpsons has the power of longevity, with its 30 plus seasons of content constantly being watched and re-contextualized by new audiences. Disney+ has even created a category on its streaming platform for episodes of The Simpsons that apparently predicted the future. The Simpsons’ predictions have become an internet meme and phenomenon, with every single instance of possible foresight picked apart and analyzed, sometimes in extremely tentative ways.

It’s no stretch however, to imply that Bond has always remained relevant and sometimes ahead of its time. The James Bond films have spanned several decades and often found themselves mirroring the pop-culture and socio-political landscape of the time. The original Sean Connery films were straight adaptations of Ian Fleming’s novels, with a sprinkling of '60s fun, and in recent years, those early films in particular have come under fire for their outdated attitudes, which only reflect the attitudes of the era. During the 1970s, Roger Moore’s Bond films were often reactionary; the most glaring example being 1979’s Moonraker, a film rushed into production to capitalize on the success of Star Wars and had very little to do with Fleming’s espionage stories. Later Moore films, as well as Timothy Dalton’s two Bond adventures, reflected the Cold War politics of Russian spies and Middle Eastern weapons deals.

Craig’s five-film run as the international super spy has taken more inspiration from the cinema than the political landscape outside, instead mirroring the gritty action of Jason Bourne and the dark, rebooted Batman films of Christopher Nolan. Fukunaga’s No Time To Die, is itself being compared to its surrounding world. Delayed for almost 2 years by the global pandemic of 2020, the film has some plot elements and villainous schemes that eerily mirror the anxieties and problems of the post-coronavirus world. The movie was made long before lockdowns and vaccines, yet as tends to be the case; James Bond has once again stayed relevant and true. For all audiences know, the secrets and warnings of the future ahead may already be hiding in recent Bond films, or recent Simpsons episodes.

No Time To Die is in theaters now.

Franchise star Ernie Hudson has hinted that a Ghostbusters 4 may already be in the works. While technically, the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife is already the fourth film in the franchise, it will ignore the events of the 2016 reboot and will instead serve as a direct sequel to the first two films. Despite not hitting cinemas until November 11th, lucky fans who attended Las Vegas CinemaCon or New York Comic Con this year were treated to unannounced advance screenings of Afterlife.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife follows single mother Callie (Carrie Coon) and her two children, Phoebe (McKenna Grace) and Trevor (Finn Wolfhard), as they move to a remote farmhouse in Oklahoma, once owned by Callie’s deceased father, Egon Spengler (the late Harold Ramis). Trevor and Phoebe soon begin to unravel their mysterious family history, and as supernatural forces start to make themselves known, the children must suit up and follow in their grandfather’s footsteps. As well as introducing new cast members, including Paul Rudd, Afterlife will include the likes of Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Sigourney Weaver, all reprising their roles from the original title and its subsequent 1989 sequel. The film also sees the return of the Reitman name to the director’s seat, as Jason Reitman, son of original director Ivan Reitmen, takes up the mantle to direct the newest addition to the Ghostbusters universe.

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While Afterlife has yet to be released, Hudson has already talked about a potential future for the series. During a recent interview with CinemaBlend, the Ghostbusters icon discussed his interest in returning to the role of Winston Zeddemore in future sequels. He hinted that, while only rumors, he’s heard whispers that a script may already be in the works, saying “If they threw it, I would be honored to do it. I’ve heard rumors they’re writing a new one, so we’ll see.”

While Hudson and several of his Ghostbusters co-stars made a cameo (albeit as different characters) in the 2016 reboot, this will be Hudson’s first time stepping into the shoes of Zeddemore in 31 years. The 75-year-old star also recently opened up about his experience filming the 1984 Ghostbusters, where the veteran actor said, at the time, he struggled coming to terms with a shrinking role size for his iconic Ghostbusters character. Outside of his tenure as Zeddemore, Hudson has had a remarkably long and successful career, most recently celebrating the upcoming third season of crime drama, The Family Business.

Although very early days, it wouldn’t be surprising if Ghostbusters 4 was already in the works. Early reviews from critics and fans have been mostly positive, and despite a true sequel to the series spending years in development hell, interest in a return to the franchise has never really dwindled. With Afterlife finally around the corner, at least fans won't have to wait another three decades to see Venkman, Stantze and Zeddemore on the big screen again.

The years turn and Call of Duty continues advancing, with the upcoming offering being Call of Duty: Vanguard. Players are so eager to get their hands on the game that some discovered a glitch in Call of Duty: Warzone dropping WW2 weapons early.

Indeed, there is a lot for people to look forward to in Call of Duty: Vanguard, provided they like the kind of game it is. Rather than a serious tone, it has a goofier, more action-adventure take on World War 2 through a band of misfits, plus different multiplayer modes for people to enjoy. That said, it turns out that some playes will have more options than others.

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It turns out that not everyone will get everything that Call of Duty: Vanguard has to offer. According to the recent trailer released for Call of Duty: Vanguard for PlayStation, both the PS4 and PS5 versions of the game will have "exclusive benefits" for the platform. As of this article, there is no news on what exactly that exclusive content is, only that it will be something Xbox and PC players won't get to try right away. Presumably it has nothing to do with Call of Duty: Vanguard's main playable characters or story and only targets multiplayer, although since this is a story trailer even that is called into question.

This is nothing new for Activision, as several of the more recent Call of Duty titles have had features locked to PlayStation at first. They were locked for a long time, and this new content will be no exception: it doesn't get to other platforms until November 1, 2022. The best case scenario is that it's just some cosmetics, but the odds are pretty good that it's an entire mode. Maybe the demons reportedly being added to Call of Duty: Vanguard's Zombies mode will only be available for exorcism on PlayStation, but it's probably more.

Anyone who doesn't primarily use PlayStation for their core gaming experience won't be happy, and in all likelihood many PlayStation users won't be fans of it either since friends with other consoles can't play whatever mode this is with them. Sledgehammer Games has responded to player feedback before, but this is probably a final decision.

Console exclusive content is generally not smiled upon by players as a whole, since it makes any other version of the game inherently lower value. Marvel's Avengers has a lot riding on its PlayStation exclusive Spider-Man content, but it might have had a better chance of winning folks back if it was on other consoles too. Hopefully this practice ceases to become regular in the future.

Call of Duty: Vanguard launches November 5 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.